Queen Victoria was born in 1819 and she died in 1901.
She was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901).
Queen Victoria was born Alexandrina Victoria on May 24,
1819, in Kensington Palace, London. Victoria’s mother
was Victoria Mary Louisa, daughter of the duke of
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Her father was Edward Augustus,
duke of Kent and Strathern, the fourth son of George III
and youngest brother of George IV and William IV, they
were kings of Great Britain. Because William IV had no
legal children, his niece Victoria became inheritor apparent
to the British crown upon his accession in 1830. On June
20, 1837, with the expiration of William IV. Victoria
became queen at the age of 18. Early in her power Victoria
developed a serious concern with goings on of state,
guided by her first prime minister, William Lamb, 2nd
Viscount Melbourne. Melbourne was leader of that wing of
the Whig Party that later became......
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